herunter
German, adverb[hɛˈʁʊntɐ]
herunter is spelled H-E-R-U-N-T-E-R (8 letters) and appears 13 times per million words in written German, the 5,816th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Herunter is a German adverb meaning “down, downwards (to the own location downwards)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “aus der Richtung von irgendwo oben nach unten, meist zum Sprecher, Erzähler oder Handelnden hin”.
What does herunter mean in English?
adverb
- 1
down, downwards (to the own location downwards)
prefix
- 1
a prefix; down-(?) (towards the speaker)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
prefix: 1. von oben nach unten 2. sich von oben nach unten ausdehnend 3. wegnehmend 4. beschreibt in Zusammensetzungen mit Verben eine Ausführung ohne Hinwendung
adverb: 1. aus der Richtung von irgendwo oben nach unten, meist zum Sprecher, Erzähler oder Handelnden hin
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of herunter
- runter- alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce herunter?
- [hɛˈʁʊntɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to herunter
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is herunter in German?
herunter appears 13 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).